Omar Holness remembers clearly getting his first invitation to join the Jamaican National Team. He remembers thinking nothing could exceed that call – the summons to first suit up for his home country.
Now, two years later, Holness is back with Jamaica for the first time, but this time, things are a bit different. He’s not a 20-year-old invited to a friendly early in a World Cup cycle, as he was when he made his debut in a friendly against Canada in 2014. These are crucial World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Haiti that will determine Jamaica’s international fate for the next two years.